Introduction: Being and Becoming Latino RESILIENCE: THE STRUGGLE TO BE STRONG The Devils Within - Eric Martinez Dignity and Doubt - Joseph Rodriguez Beyond the Euphoric Buzz - Sarah Fox BICULTURALISM; ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER The Hatred Within - Jose Garcia Was It Worth It? - Marissa Saldivar The Double Life - Abiel Acosta The Unknown Want - Miguel Ramirez MENTORING: THE SOMEONE IN MY LIFE Orgullo Dominicana - Angelita Urena The Coqui's Call - Robert Cotto A Latinidad I Cannot, Will Not Hide - Viana Turcios LATINO IDENTITIES: BECOMING AND UNBECOMING LATINO The Strange Comfort of an Unknown Future - Alejo Alvarez Me against the Wall - Antonio Rodriguez On Being Canela - Norma Andrade Living between the Lines - Alessandro Melendez One Life, Many Lenses - David Ralos About the Editors
Andrew Garrod is Professor Emeritus of Education at Dartmouth College. He is coeditor of I Am Where I Come Frome:Native American College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories;Growing Up Muslim: Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories, First Person, First Peoples: Native American College Graduates Tell Their Life Stories, Balancing Two Worlds: Asian American College Students Tell Their Life Stories, Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories, and Mixed: Multiracial College Students Tell Their Life Stories, all from Cornell. Robert Kilkenny is Executive Director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention.He is coeditor of I Am Where I Come From;Mixed; Mi Voz, Mi Vida; and Balancing Two Worlds, all from Cornell. Christina Gomez is Professor of Sociology at Northeastern Illinois University. She is coeditor of Mi Voz, Mi Vida and Mixed, both from Cornell.
"Mi Voz, Mi Vida recounts the opening chapters in the life stories of a Latino generation that will reshape American history in the twenty-first century. Here you will find true tales of strivers who often cross a wide cultural divide in search of ultimate success."-Hector Tobar, author of Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish Speaking United States
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